Improvement in carriage-tops



UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE JAMES N. GILL,OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,612, dated November18, 1873; application filed kosh, in the county of Winnebago and Stateof Wisconsin, have invented a certain Carriage- Bow Preserver, of whichthe following is a specification The first object of my invention istoprevent injury to the carriage-top, when the same is let down, from theback bow striking too suddenly and solidly upon the iron forming thelower joints. The second object of my invention is to make the bow ofthe carriagetop stronger when the top is down by shortening the leveragefrom the point of support. The third object of my invention is, thatwhen the carriage is being driven with the top down the weight of thetop rests upon an elliptic spring, and prevents its receiving any injuryfrom jolting.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the top of a carriage with my inventionattached to the back bow thereof. Fig. 2 is a section of the bow with myinvention attached, and showingmore plainly the method of attaching thesame. A in Fig. 2 is the carriage-top bow, or a August 21, 1873.

section thereof. B is the spring, made of steel or other elastic metal,fastened at each end by a clasp or band to the bow, the ends of thisclasp being fastened together by means of a screw, so that it maybeattached or removed at pleasure. In Fig. 1, B represents my invention. 0represents the iron pivot which forms the joint and support on which theweight of the top principally rests when down, and the shaded lines thetop when down. When the top is down, as it will be seen from Fig. 1, thespring B strikes the iron 0 at about the middle, and the bow or topreceives no injury in falling and none from jolts while driven with thetop down, since the spring B breaks the force of the blow.

I claim as my invention The combination of the spring and clasps B andthe bow A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES 1v. GILL.

Witnesses:

Gno. W. BUR-NELL, R. E. DANIEL.

